John winebeenee



' (No Model.)

J. WINEBRENER.

CANT HOOK.

No. 319,373. Patented J undZ, 1885.

WITNESSES JJVVEJVTOR I m M Attorney rrn JOHN WINEBRENEB, OF HEOLA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN SHIPLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CANT-H0O K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,373, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed October 24, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHNWINEBRENER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hecla, in the county of Whitley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oant-Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaceompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in canthooks; and ithas for its objects, first, to provide a cant-hook in which the jaws or hooks shall be capable of adjustment wit-h respect to the handle or lever, whereby it may be applied to the object or log to be moved from different positions to suit individual circumstances, and also-r in which the hooks may be adjusted with respect to each other, whereby they may be made to embrace logs or objects of varying diameters; and, second, to provide a cant-hook with an attachment whereby the strands of a fence may be held and tightened.

111 the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and on which like referen ce-letters indicate corresponding fea tures, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved cant-hook, showing the hooks adjusted comparatively near each other, and showing the wire-tightening attachment apapplied, and Fig. 2 a side elevation with the hooks adjusted farther apart and at a different angle from the hand-lever, the attachment being in this instance removed.

The letter A designates the handle or handlever of my cant-hook, from one end of which extends a bar, B, a suitable ferrule or band, 0, being provided to prevent splitting of said lever, these remarks having reference to the hooks made with wooden levers, for in some instances the bar B may be lengthened to form the lever itself. This bar is provided with a bend or offset, so as to have the proper position, and pivotally connected thereto is one of the hooks D, terminating at one end in a sharpened curve. The body of this hook is composed of two pieces, between the ends of which is pivotally secured the other hook, E, which, by preference, is slightly curved, and which terminates in a sharpened end approximately at right angles to the body.

A connecting-rod, F, bifurcated at both ends, passes through the slot formed between the body pieces of the hook D, and is pivoted to the hook E near the end thereof and to the bar B at the bend in the same. This rod thus, it will be observed, serves to connect the outer portion of the hook E with the bar B, and acts to throw that hook to or from the hook D as the latter is adjusted back and forth.

When the hooks are to be held at any fixed position with relation to the bar B, the strap G, which is sufficiently thick and heavy to possess the requisite rigidity, and which is pivotall y connected at the junction of the two hooks, serves this purpose by engaging with a stud, H, on the bar B, a number. of holes being in the said strap to effect this engagement. The nearer the connection of the strap, with the bar B is to the pivotal point of the strap the wider apart are the hooks. I coutemplate using this cant hook, however, without the employment of the strap G, should I so desire.

The other function of the said strap beside that already mentioned is to stretch the wires of a wire fence in constructing the same. In so using it the hooks are engaged with the post and the wire is given a turn or two about the strap, when the latter is again fitted on the stud on the bar B, should it have been removed, and force applied to the lever.

Having thus, fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cant-hook, the eombination',with the bar and lever, the hooks, one pivoted thereto and both pivoted together, and the rod connecting one hook and the bar together, of the perforated strap and the device to secure to the bar.

2. In acant-hook, the combination, with the bar and lever, the hooks,'one being pivoted to the bar and having its body composed of two pieces, and the other being pivoted between said pieces, and the bifurcated rod connecting the latter hook and bar together and passing through the space between said pieces, of the strap pivoted at the junction of the two hooks, and having perforations, and the stud on the bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN WIN EBRENER.

Witnesses:

DAVID MAs'rER, WILL A. DAVIS. 

